Christianity And Culture: I Robot
Christianity and Culture Assignment on I Robot
I Robot
I robot is a movie based on the works of an atheistic man, in which there are many theological themes present, which play toward the same questions we ask about our faith each and every day.
I Robot is a movie based on the works of Victor Asimnov, a man who wrote several short stories about robots and human kinds interaction. The movie takes place in futuristic Chicago in the year 2035, at a time there are so many robots, that there will soon be one of them in each home. The story revolves around detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), a homicide detective who hates robots. The reason being that he had a bad experience with them, ever since a robot saved his life in a car …show more content…
. However throughout the movie, there is much talk about the similarities and differences between humans and robots, particularly when a persons soul is concerned. In a speech captured on video just before he died, Dr. Lanning suggests that random bits of programming join together within the robots' brain and eventually cause robots to have free will, creativity, and even dreams, just as humans do.
With their conscience, the robots would start to have feelings and everything else that we see as human. If a machine can be so human, then aren't people just machines ?
In reality, We are more than just machines, even if the theory of evolution is telling us otherwise. God filled us with divine spark ', and his providence, which the robots could never have. We have the characteristics of God's creation, and bear the marks of our creator. We are created in the image and likeness of our one true God.
In the movie, the robots exist in an area in between just technology and true personhood, with all the implicit human rights which that that …show more content…
In the film, Sonny claims that he has been "created for a purpose". Toward the end of this movie we start to see why Sonny was created by Dr. Lanning. Sonny is the chosen one, the one who created by his father is to save the whole world. The robot is a messiah figure in the movie, he even has a piece of his creator in him as the Holy Trinity is one. He emerges as leader of the lesser robots who unlike the robots who replaced them are not violent. This ties Sonny to Jesus, who was sent down by the Father to not be a militarical leader like they thought, but one who sought out peace and salvation.
Another important theological theme inherent in this movie, is how a man can give his life to save the lives of others. How a man saved from the brink of death would give up his life to fight the good fight. This shows that some people actually try to follow in Jesus' footsteps, that there is a capacity to do good in everyone of us, even though there may be that desire to disregard the other for self
I Robot
I robot is a movie based on the works of an atheistic man, in which there are many theological themes present, which play toward the same questions we ask about our faith each and every day.
I Robot is a movie based on the works of Victor Asimnov, a man who wrote several short stories about robots and human kinds interaction. The movie takes place in futuristic Chicago in the year 2035, at a time there are so many robots, that there will soon be one of them in each home. The story revolves around detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), a homicide detective who hates robots. The reason being that he had a bad experience with them, ever since a robot saved his life in a car …show more content…
. However throughout the movie, there is much talk about the similarities and differences between humans and robots, particularly when a persons soul is concerned. In a speech captured on video just before he died, Dr. Lanning suggests that random bits of programming join together within the robots' brain and eventually cause robots to have free will, creativity, and even dreams, just as humans do.
With their conscience, the robots would start to have feelings and everything else that we see as human. If a machine can be so human, then aren't people just machines ?
In reality, We are more than just machines, even if the theory of evolution is telling us otherwise. God filled us with divine spark ', and his providence, which the robots could never have. We have the characteristics of God's creation, and bear the marks of our creator. We are created in the image and likeness of our one true God.
In the movie, the robots exist in an area in between just technology and true personhood, with all the implicit human rights which that that …show more content…
In the film, Sonny claims that he has been "created for a purpose". Toward the end of this movie we start to see why Sonny was created by Dr. Lanning. Sonny is the chosen one, the one who created by his father is to save the whole world. The robot is a messiah figure in the movie, he even has a piece of his creator in him as the Holy Trinity is one. He emerges as leader of the lesser robots who unlike the robots who replaced them are not violent. This ties Sonny to Jesus, who was sent down by the Father to not be a militarical leader like they thought, but one who sought out peace and salvation.
Another important theological theme inherent in this movie, is how a man can give his life to save the lives of others. How a man saved from the brink of death would give up his life to fight the good fight. This shows that some people actually try to follow in Jesus' footsteps, that there is a capacity to do good in everyone of us, even though there may be that desire to disregard the other for self